Top 5 Reasons a Third Death Star Wasn’t Built

Besides Darth Vader, the most iconic image from the movies has to be the Galactic Empire’s ultimate weapon, the Death Star. The first one destroyed Alderaan in Episode IV, and the second one almost wiped out the Rebel Alliance in Episode VI.

It’s a little-known fact, beyond what anyone has read on Wookiepedia and in dozens of novels, that the Empire was building a third Death Star. What happened? Why didn’t Luke, Han, and Princess Leia have to fight another superweapon? Oddly, it’s for many of the same reasons why we are struggling to build a stronger U.S. economy today.

Here are the top five reasons a third Death Star wasn’t built:

5. It was hit with a class action lawsuit for not having high-enough railings around its superlaser.

4. Lack of garbage disposal control panels by not passing a Free Trade Agreement with Sullust.